Paradise

Saturday January 29, 2011

Today we woke up early in the morning and made our way to Bojo Beach. It was paradise ☺ After three tro tros and two hours of traveling in the scorching heat we arrived at the most gorgeous beach I have ever seen. There were palm trees all around and we had to take a boat to the beach because it was the actual beach was on an island. There was no hawking allowed, so we didn’t have to deal with men attempting to grope us or sell us things. Now I have a small tan, but I still have to work on my color. We traveled back for three hours because the tro tro broke down twice on the way back.

Although the beach was gorgeous the adventure to get there was a true eye opener. I wanted to cry as we passed on the dirt roads with small shacks on each side that had entire families living in them. We passed a little boy standing outside naked and his dad was dumping water on him that was how he was getting a bath. There were young children performing hard labor jobs and carrying buckets on their heads and backs. We saw kids with no shoes and barely any clothes. The houses are all under construction and most of the infrastructure will never get finished. The land is deteriorating because there is no up keep and this poor families are forced to live in these homes with no doors, windows, or any type of accommodations I am being given at the dorms. Also at the beach the bathroom that was free was a tile room with a hole in the center, a very small hole that is.

Everyone got back hot and tired, so we decided to relax. We went to the night market and the super market, picked up beer and vodka, and went back to my room to just drink and hang out. However, some of the girls changed their minds and decided to go out. The four of them departed around 11 and two hours later we decided we would go out also. Sarah, Becca, Ibukun, Chukes, one other boy and me all went out at around 1 am to Bella Roma. We had such an amazing time and most men there were Lebanese, so the boys we went with were not keen on coming in. However, once everyone was inside we all had a really good time and enjoyed the music selection. We didn’t get home until around 4:00 am and we had to be up at 9:30 the next morning, so it was a rough morning.